Having released two fine albums in less than a year, Springsteen is obviously a considerable new talent. The songs are longer, more ambitious and more romantic and yet, wonderfully, they lose little of Greetings’ rollicking rush. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle takes itself more seriously. Springsteen was rhyming and wailing for the sheer fun of it, and his manic exuberance more than canceled out his debts to Dylan, Van Morrison and the Band. Most of it didn’t make much sense, but that was the point. Greetings From Asbury Park, Bruce Springsteen’s uproarious debut album, sounded like “Subterranean Homesick Blues” played at 78, a typical five-minute track bursting with more words than this review. It was a clear inspiration, as the image of a man holding on to his youth and leading a girl. Writing for Rolling Stone, Ken Emerson said in a review : While writing, Springsteen hung a poster over his bed of Peter Pan leading his Wendy out of a window. This would set the stage for Colombia preparing to drop Bruce, giving him one more chance with “Born To Run”.Īlthough it failed to sell, “The Wild” was praised by critics. As with “Greetings”, it failed to sell many copies. “The Wild” sees Bruce departing from the folk influences which were found all over “Greetings”, with Rock and Soul influences taking center stage instead. Barack Obama, and released his latest record, Working on a Dream, in January 2009.“The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” is Bruce Springsteen’s second album, released the same year as his debut “Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.”. In 2008, he took part in fundraising concerts supporting the campaign of Sen. Later that year, he released Magic, released in 2007, which also garnered rave reviews from critics and fans. Devils & Dust did very well upon its release in 2005, as did We Shall Overcome: The Pete Seeger Sessions, a Pete Seeger covers album released in 2007. The album includes the song 'Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)', the band's most-used set-closing song for the first 10 years of its career. It was recorded by Springsteen with the E Street Band at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York. THE WILD, THE INNOCENT AND THE E STREET SHUFFLE - HAND-SIGNED BY BRUCE. The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on September 11, 1973, by Columbia Records. The shattering events of 9/11 sent the Boss back into the recording studio and led to The Rising, an eloquently honest message of hope wrapped in rock 'n' roll rhythms which earned multiple Grammy awards in 2003. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND PROMOTIONAL POSTER - HAND-SIGNED BY BRUCE. He worked together with the E Street Band for a few tunes on his 1995 Greatest Hits album, also touring with them from 1999-2000 shortly after his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Another solo record, The Ghost of Tom Joad, appeared in 1995. His song "Streets of Philadelphia," which appeared on the soundtrack to 1994 film Philadelphia, would win an Academy Award for Best Song in 1995. The following year saw the release of Tunnel of Love, which he likewise toured behind for two years before the E Street Band broke up in 1989.ĭuring the 1990s, Springsteen would release a few solo records, including 1992's Human Touch and Lucky Town, as well as an MTV Unplugged record in 1993. A sizeable 5-LP/3-CD live collection, Live/1975-85, followed in 1986. in 1984 led him to embark on a two-year, highly successful-and hugely publicized-tour behind a record that scored him seven hits. The exuberant sounds of Born in the U.S.A. "Hungry Heart" from The River cemented Springsteen's status as an international star, scoring him a Top 10 hit in the USA. With the E Street Band, he released Darkness on the Edge of Town in 1978, double album The River in 1980, and the brooding and beautiful road-recorded Nebraska in 1982. A dispute with his manager silenced Springsteen for three years after that record, bringing about a logjam of creativity upon its resolution. It was 1975's Born to Run that would make Springsteen a star with a dedicated following, and its title track would be an American Top 40 hit. However, that record, and its follow-up, 1973's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, recorded with the E Street Band, were overlooked upon release. The following year saw the release of his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and established Springsteen as a songwriter as fine as the untouchable Dylan, but with working-class, identifiable roots that spoke of everyday heroes and man's universal throes. Born in New Jersey, Springsteen aimed at a folk career in New York City, but returned to Asbury Park, redefined his style, and found his way to a contract with Columbia Records in 1972.
Bruce Springsteen's career has been characterized by its versatility and longevity, swinging from soulful introspection to plugged-in arena rock, group to solo efforts, and widespread touring to intense periods of writing.
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